Strategy for Lifelong Learning in the Federal Republic of Germany

The purpose of this strategy paper on lifelong learning is to describe how all citizens can be encouraged to participate in learning during all phases of their lives and in all spheres of life, at different learning sites and through many different types of learning. Lifelong learning includes all forms of learning – whether formal, non-formal or informal. "Learning" is understood to mean the constructive conversion of information and experience into knowledge, insights and skills. (DIPF/Orig.)